Hispanic: It’s Complicated

I never realized that the term “Hispanic” was so confusing for some people. For me, it’s always been someone who can trace their roots back to a Spanish speaking country (regardless of skin color, place of birth or your ability to speak Spanish).

Here are some interesting facts:

In the eyes of the Census Bureau, Hispanics can be of any race, any ancestry, any country of origin. The result is that there are varying patterns relating to where people come from and how they choose to identify themselves on the Census. For example, some 99% of all immigrants from Mexico call themselves Hispanic.

But just 87% of immigrants from Venezuela adopt this label, as do 86% of immigrants from Argentina, 70% of immigrants from Spain, and only 67% from Panama. As for race, 54% of all Hispanics in the U.S. self-identify as white, 1.5% self-identify as black, 40% do not identify with any race and 3.8% identify as being two or more races.

Read the rest of the article Who’s Hispanic? at the Pewhispanic.org

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